But the inside is steeped in history.
He was of the opinion that his hard earned money paid for it.
The urinal can still be viewed at the Hemingway House where it remains as a cat trough.
Tony understood the historical importance of the building and was savvy enough to preserve the various elements of it.
At the very center of the Saloon grows a huge tree that disappears through a hole in the roof.
Their ghosts are said to still haunt the place.
Hundreds of license plates, business cards and countless women’s bras hang from the ceiling and walls.
Every bar stool is painted with the name of a famous person who visited or frequented the bar.
These are presumed to have come from the time when the building was a morgue.
There is another grave of one Reba Sawyer located at the foot of the hanging tree.
After all, if people were in his bar listening to his stories, they also were drinking.
It was good for business.
Tom Hambright is also of the opinion that the building was neither a morgue nor an icehouse.
Whatever be the truth, the legend of Captain Tony’s Saloon lives on.
